Category: Issue
<2011 Top News>The Al Jazeera’s top 10
<The Al Jazeera> chose ‘Arab Spring’ as the top stories of 2011. Here are 2011: A Year in review. 1. The Arab Awakening 2. Japan: Reeling from triple disasters 3. […]
Soft Power is Telling on the Generation Y
North Koreans are in deep mourning, bereaved of their father figure Kim Jong Il. They have grown up knowing only one leader, first Kim Il Sung, the founder of […]
Lee-Hyun Meets Kim Yong-nam
Kim Yong-nam (7th L), president of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), poses for group photos with Lee Hee-ho (6th L), […]
Lee-Hyun Meets NK Kim Yong-nam
Kim Yong-nam (R, Front), president of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), greets Lee Hee-ho (C, Front), widow of former South […]
Lee & Hyun Returned from P’yang
Photo released by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows Lee Hee-ho (7th, L), widow of former South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, and Hyun Jeong-eun (6th, R), chairwoman of the […]
Lee Hee-ho and Hyun Jeong-eun to Pave the Way Again
Lee Hee-ho, Chairwoman of the Kim Dae-jung Peace Center and Hyun Jeong-eun, Chairwoman of Hyundai Group travelled to North Korea on 26 and offered condolences over Kim Jong-il’s death in […]
Profile of Kim Jong-un
Kim Jong-un is the youngest son of Kim Jong-il and his third wife Ko Young-hee born in 1983(or 1984, sources vary). At first, he was not at the centre of […]
Four Survival Rules for a Young Dictator
So, Marshal Kim Jong Il, the lodestar of the 21st century, is dead, and his impoverished country is going to be run by his son Kim Jong Un, who might […]
South Korea President’s Mourning
Whether to mourn or not the passing of Chairman Kim Jong-il of North Korea is a controversial issue in South Korea but the government seems have a rather flexible approach. […]
NK Children’re Crying for Kim
Children mourn the death of Kim Jong Il, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), in Pyongyang, DPRK, Dec. 21, 2011. <Photo: Xinhua/KCNA> news@theasian.asia